Account Director, Brand Management

Live Nation; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in live entertainment seeks a strategic leader for their Brand Partnerships team. This role involves managing a diverse portfolio of brand partners, fostering relationships, and leading a high-performing team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for music, strong leadership skills, and a knack for negotiation. You will be responsible for budget management, partnership negotiations, and driving innovative solutions in a dynamic environment. Join a company that values creativity, collaboration, and the well-being of its employees, offering a range of benefits to support your career and personal growth.

Benefits

Medical, Dental and Vision benefits

Generous paid time off

RRSP program with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Free concert tickets

Volunteer time off

Employee Assistance Programs

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading teams and managing partnerships.
• Strong understanding of the music and entertainment industry.
• Ability to analyze data for optimizing campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team managing diverse brand partnerships.
• Cultivate relationships with stakeholders and partners.
• Manage budget and ensure accountability across partnerships.

Skills

Leadership

Client Relationship Management

Negotiation

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Problem-solving

Event Production

Experiential Marketing

Education

Post-secondary education in Business

Marketing

Event Management

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 550 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE ROLE

We are looking for a client-centric, strategic leader with a passion for music to join our Brand Partnerships team and lead a team of people and their portfolio of partnerships. Reporting to the VP, Brand Management, the ideal candidate will be an experienced integrated marketer who will lead a high performing team, establish a successful culture and excel at finding solutions while delivering best in class execution and building strong relationships both internally and externally.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Lead an account team responsible for managing an extensive and diverse portfolio of Live Nation Canada brand partners.
• Cultivate and nurture positive relationships with internal and external senior stakeholders.
• Senior lead in handling partnership-related negotiations and sponsorship deliverables including discussions related to retention and partnership renewals.
• Analyze data and offer insights to optimize partner programming and campaigns.
• Demonstrate a solutions-oriented approach to leadership.
• Assume responsibility for budget management and margin accountability across our partnership business.
• Lead initiatives related to culture setting, employee development programs, talent evaluation, and broader corporate priorities.
• Lead with creativity and solution-oriented thinking to align with the fluid environment of live events.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Post-secondary education in Business, Marketing, Event Management, or like field
• Ability to work both independently as well as in a team environment with demonstrated ability to build and develop professional relationships.
• Interest & knowledge of music industry, marketing, and/or entertainment
• Experience in experiential marketing and/or event production
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Experience with Microsoft Office suite, particularly working knowledge of Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• Excellent troubleshooting and critical thinking skills
• Exceptional client/customer service
• Entertainment industry experience is considered a strong asset.
• Highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills.
• Flexible schedule that includes evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours for events and festivals.

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:

• HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, along with Employee Assistant Programs through Modern Health and ComPsych
• YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including holiday closures, and sick time for you and dependents, along with free concert tickets
• WEALTH: RRSP program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, and infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network, gender reassignment support

We thank all candidates for their interest, only those who will be selected for an interview will be contacted.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Sits for extended periods of time at a computer station or work desk; stands and walks throughout the day; occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.; uses hands and fingers to operate computers and office equipment for up to 8 hours each day; lifts up to 10 pounds regularly; exposed to typical office environment conditions and noise levels.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, provincial and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

HIRING PRACTICES
The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job

Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

This job description is a summary of duties that are expected to be performed. Duties outlined on this job description may not be all-inclusive, and can be modified at any time if requested by management.